COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONYou might not expect a Saison in winter. But the enemy didn’t expect Washington to cross the icy Delaware, either. Expectations be damned, we say. We’re sneaking up on winter with a boatload of bravado and this Belgian-style farmhouse ale. Dry hopped with whole organic cardamom pods, our Saison has an assertive spiciness. In your face, winter.

Sucked. Looks like generic light beer...no head, carbonation not fine enough, didn’t have the dry finish I look for in a saison. Palate was sweet and bland and lacked character. Love this brewery, but this one was a misfire.

An interesting take from an audacious brewery. Not a typical saison -- a positive for an American brewery given Old World style. Nice spice due to cardamon with the alcohol providing weight and finish. Eminently drinkable.

Can. Pours a cloudy yellow with thick white head. Lemon aroma. Seems like I can taste the alcohol. The beginning is spicy and citrusy and it finishes with a hop bite. A little stronger and heavier than I was expecting but it grows on you as you drink it. Low rating more indicative to the style not being my favorite. 21st is new to my market so I’m trying them all and overall they are very nice.

Can dated Enjoy by 4.30.2015 and cracked the top to an aroma of light, earthy spices and Belgian yeast.
Pour is honey-lemon with a soft head, dissipating almost as fast as it rises. Lemony flavor and a lightly sour taste that pulls under the back of my tongue creating a bit of a salivary response. The finish is dry, but short, the swallow leaving an oily feeling across my tongue and the carbonation just saving it from being flat there. Not a bad experience, but nothing terribly exciting either.

Great example for an American style Belgian Session. I’m sure medieval Belgian Monks would have approved and would have joined forces with Washington to perfect his Sneak Attack.
21st Amendment: Please keep up your creativity, and I hope you will soon come up with the perfect CALI/ US Piisner, that combines the greatness of the west with some flavor of the East, and of course the NOBLE hops from the ’old world’
Thanks and please contact me @ erkan.diri@gmx.net
Thanks again!!
Erkan Diri

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